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Patented Aug. 6, 1895.

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No. 544,244. 1244411444 Aug.,6, 1895A @per .ZOB/,1

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

'CASPER S.YOST, GEORGE w. BAUM'HOFF, AUGUST H. HAGEMEIER, FRANK FITZLER, AND OTTO SOHMID, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNORS OF ONE- SIXTH To JAMES ADKINS, OF SAME PLAGE.

`STREETQCAR FENDER OR GUARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 544,244, dated August 6, 1895.

Application tiled January 5, 1895. Serial No. 533,887. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: Inay be inflated rubber or it may be in the Be it known that we, CASPER S. YOST, form of a stuffed roll. GEORGE W. BAUMHOFF, AUGUST H. HAGE- The arm 6 is connected to the sills 1 of the METER, FRANK FITZLER, and OTTO SOHMID, of car-body by means of outer links 9 and 'inner the city of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, links 10. The links 9 are hinged or pivoted 55 have invented aV certain new and useful Imtothe sills at 11, and they have a slot-and-pin provement in Street-Car Fenders or Guards, connection 12 with the arm 6. The links 10 of which the following is a full, clear, and are pivoted to the inner ends of the arm 6, as exact description, reference being had to the shown at 13, and they are hinged to the sills Io accompanying drawings, forming part of this 1 by Ineans of a rock-shaft 14, secured to the 6o specification. under side of the sills by means of boxes 15.

Our invention relates to an improved fen- Secured to the shaft 14 is a lever 16, conder or guard for street-cars, and which is nected at its lower end to the car-body by adapted to be maintained in a raised position moans of a suitable spring 17.

I5 beneath the body of the car when not in use 18 represents a chain also connected to the 65 and is adapted to be lowered down upon or lower end of the lever 16 at one end, and the close to the track, and at the same time proother end of which is made fast to acrank 19, ject in a forwardly direction for use, to presecured to the lower end of a Shaft or rod 2O vent bodies or objects getting beneath the that is mounted against the dashboard of the zo car or being run over by the car. platform after the manner of an ordinary 7o Our invention consists in features of novbrake-stad. On the upper end of the rod 20 elty hereinafter fully described, and pointed is a handle 21, by which the rod is turned, out in the claims. and the movement of the rod is limited by a Figure I is a front elevation illustrative of pin 22 (see Fig. IV) fitting in a slot 23 in one 25 our invention. Fig. 1I is a top or plan view of the boxes24, by which the rod 2O is se- 75 showing the guard and part of the car sills or cured to the dashboard. The rod 20 is also timbers to which the guard is secured. Fig. provided with a ratchet-Wheel 25, adapted to -III is a side elevation with part of the steps be engaged by a pawl 26 pivoted to the floor of the car broken away. Fig. IV is a detail of the platform of the car, and which engages 3o horizontal section showing the pawl and the ratchet-wheel to hold the guard or fender 8o ratchet by which the guard is heid in its in its operative position. lower position and showing also the stop-pin 27 shows a spring which holds the pawl 26 forlimitingthe movement of the rod by which to the ratchet 25. the guard is moved to its lower position. Fig. When the guard `or fender is not in use,l it

V is a detail view illustrating the movement is held in the position shown by dotted lines, 85 of the crank by which the guard is moved to Fig. III, by means of the spring 17. In this its lower position. position it is somewhat above the track, so as Referring to the drawings, 1 represents not to come in contact with any small object part of the car-body sills 01- timbers, 2 the that may be lying on the track or just out- 4o platform of the car, and 3 part of the carside the rails of the track. In case a child or 9o body. other body which the operator desires to pro- 4 represents the car4steps. tect or which he desires to remove from the 5 represents the platformor table of the track is approached, the operator moves the guard, and which is composed of arms or handle 21 from the position shown in full bars 6, over which is stretched heavy wirelines, Fig. V, to the position shown in dotted 95 gauze or other suitable material 7. The front lines. This causes the fender to be moved and ends of this platform or table are borfrom the position shown in dotted lines of dered by an elastic-cushioned rim 8, so that Fig. III to the position shown in full lines, when the platform strikesa body no injurious the spring 17 yielding to the force exerted 5o effect upon the body will result. This rim 8 on the rod 20, and in this position the fenroo der is held by the pawl 26. The links 9, being somewhat longer than the links 10, cause the platform 5 of the fender to move downwardly toward the track as the fender is moved into operative position, and by providing the slot-and-pin connection 12 between the links 9 and the arm 6 the platform can yield upwardly in case it strikes any small object on the track after it is lowered to operative position. Vhen the fender is lowered and the platform strikes a body, the body will be caused to fall upon the platform, and thus any danger of the body getting beneath the car is prevented, and by covering the platform with such material as heavy wire-netting and providing it with a cushioned border little or no injury is caused to the body by being struck by the fender. To prevent anydangerof the bodybeing thrown inwardly beyond the platform when it is struck, we secure cross-strips 30 to the links 9, against which the body would strike in case it does not fall upon the wire-netting ofthe platform. lVhen the danger is past, the operator releases the shaft 20 by disengaging the pawl 26 from the ratchet 25, and the spring 17 draws the parts back to the position shown by dotted lines in Fig. III, the platform of the fender ascending as it recedes, so as to be maintained some distance above the track.

XVe claim as our invention-- l. A fender for street cars comprising the pivoted outer links, the pivoted inner links, the platform connected with the outer links and hinged to the inner links, the rock-shaft, the spring connected with the rock-shaft for holding the platform in retracted position, and means, connected with the rock-shaft, for projecting the platform; substantially as described.

2. A fender for street cars comprising the pivoted outer links, the pivoted inner links, the platform having pin and slot connection with the outer links and hinged to the inner links, the rock-shaft, the spring connected with the rock-shaft for holding the platform in retracted position and means connected with the rock-shaft for projecting the platform; substantially as described.

3. In a fender for street cars, the combination of a platform, outer-links connecting the platform to the car body, inner links pivoted to the platform attheir lower ends, a roekshaft to which said inner links are secured at their upper ends, a lever secured to said rockshaft, a spring connecting the lower end of said lever tothe car body, an operating shaft, a chain connecting a crank on said shaft to said lever, a stop pin secured to said shaft and working in a slot in one of the boxes of the shaft, and a handle on the upper end of said shaft by which the fender is moved in opposition to said spring; substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

4. A fender for street cars comprising the pivoted outer links, the pivoted inner links, the platform hinged to the inner links, the rock-shaft with which the inner links are connected and by which they are pivotally supported, the lever secured to the rock-shaft, the spring secured to the lever, the operating rod having a crank, the chain connecting the lever with the crank, and means for locking the rod from movement; substantially as described.

5. In a fender for street cars, the combination of a platform, outer links connecting the platform to the car body, inner links pivoted to the platform at their lower ends, a rock shaft to which said inner links are secured at their upperends, a lever secured to said rockshaft, and a spring connecting the lower end of said lever to the car body, by means of which the platform is held in normal position, substantially as set forth.

J. B. PADFIELD, Jr., STANLEY SToNEn. 

